Each of the 4 focus areas has been tasked to a small work group, consisting of a team
leader from the Oversight Committee, STFM members with an interest and expertise in the …

Two years ago, with the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the leadership of ADFM began
to think strategically about the direction for our organization during these unprecedented …

4. Identify opportunities to support programs in understanding and educating residents
about biases, both implicit and explicit as well as structural competence 5. Identify options to …

The Association of Departments of Family Medicine (ADFM) is evolving. ADFM's next phase
is represented by our new logo with a tagline that captures our primary purpose:“Vision …

Tell me, Doctor, what evidence do you have about the quality of care of family physicians?
Do they deliver state-of-the-art care for diabetes, asthma, coronary artery disease, and …

A major turning point came through a Strategic Planning exercise in 1999. This process
galvanized ADFM's move to become a more organized and productive organization …

Leadership is defined as “1) the office or position of a leader, 2)[the] capacity to lead, and 3)
the act or an instance of leading.” 1 Throughout the history of family medicine, many …

Dr. Margaret Hamburg, nominated to be commissioner of the FDA, will take over an agency
with serious systemic problems that need to be addressed urgently. Fixing the FDA will …

The Association of Departments of Family Medicine's (ADFM's) overall mission is to “support
academic departments of family medicine to lead and achieve their full potential in care …

Those of us lucky enough to have been in Atlanta for the STFM Annual Conference in
September had the pleasure of hearing the outstanding plenary of Moira Stewart, PhD; …